Police Raid on Family's Home and Organic Food Co-Op
The Stowers operate an organic food cooperative called Manna Storehouse. ODA and Lorain County Health Department agents forcefully raided their home and seized the family's personal food supply, cell phones and personal computers.
On the morning of December 1, 2008, law enforcement officers forcefully entered the Stowers' residence
ten children were in the middle of a home-schooling lesson. Officers then moved Jacqueline Stowers and her children to their living room, where they were held for more than six hours.
There has never been a complaint filed against Manna Storehouse or the Stowers related to the quality or healthfulness of the food distributed through the co-op.
Was the Raid on Manna Storehouse Justified?
1851 Center for Constitutional Law
filing a civil lawsuit against the Ohio Department of Agriculture
Lorrain County Health Department
an illegal raid on the Stowers